Subject Code: 8HPE
Length of course: Semester

Course Description:
By the end of Year 8, students investigate strategies and resources to manage changes and transitions and their impact on identities. Students evaluate the impact on wellbeing of relationships and respecting diversity. They analyse factors that influence emotional responses. They investigate strategies and practices that enhance their own and others’ health and wellbeing. They investigate and apply movement concepts and strategies to achieve movement and fitness outcomes. They examine the cultural and historical significance of physical activities and examine how connecting to the environment can enhance health and wellbeing.

Students apply personal and social skills to establish and maintain respectful relationships and promote fair play and inclusivity. They demonstrate skills to make informed decisions, and propose and implement actions that promote their own and others’ health, safety and wellbeing. Students demonstrate control and accuracy when performing specialised movement skills. They apply and refine movement concepts and strategies to suit different movement situations. They apply the elements of movement to compose and perform movement sequences.

Topics Included:
  • Athletics
  • Badminton
  • Fitness Components and Activities
  • Gymnastics
  • Netball
  • Softball
  • Growth and Development
  • Healthy Lifestyles
  • Drugs, alcohol and tobacco
  • Relationships and behaviours

Assessment:
  • Peer assessment and self reflection
  • Performance and observation checklists
  • Analysis and response- written, oral and multimodal


Additional Costs:

Nil